MrsWampthang

MrsWampthang BSN, RN

Emergency room, med/surg, UR/CSR

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  1. Rules for the ER (long)

    MrsWampthang replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    Don't tell me that you've only had "2" beers when the police drag your butt in from an MVA, you reak of alcohol, and your blood alcohol comes back high enough to make a football team pass out, I won't...

  2. Oversensitive wives

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Subject: OVERSENSITIVE WIVES Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 14:59:18 +0200 Please be aware that as your wives age, it is harder for them to maintain the same quality of housekeeping as when they were...

  3. Questions about trauma I witnessed. (LONG)

    MrsWampthang replied to GermPhobe's topic in Emergency

    I know that was traumatic, but you did the right thing and stood back. The ER nurse probably knew as soon as she saw the lady, if she didn't witness the accident, that the lady was dead right there....

  4. Babies cut during c-sections?

    MrsWampthang replied to rbytsdy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Actually, yes it was. Was that who got yours? BTW, she is soooooooo cute!!!!!

  5. Babies cut during c-sections?

    MrsWampthang replied to rbytsdy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My 21 year old son was cut one the scalp during a c-section. The doc made the initial incision to lift the uterus up to finish cutting and caught him on the scalp above his left ear. The scar still...

  6. Now I've heard it all!!

    MrsWampthang replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's why I don't miss ER. Stupid people just got on my nerves way too much!!! Had no patience for them.

  7. Just found out 20mins ago that i passed my boards.

    MrsWampthang replied to DaretoDreamRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I felt the same way. Mine shut off at 75 and I thought "NOOOOOOOOO!" I didn't feel like I had answered enough correctly to have passed. I took it about 2 weeks after I graduated figuring that if I...

  8. Paramedics who 'put down' nurses

    MrsWampthang replied to NurseguyFL's topic in General Nursing

    I have been on both sides of the fence, first as a medic, now as an RN. I have worked with medics that thought they were God's gift to EMS, and one of them thought he was God's gift to women, but...

  9. Any bedside nurses making over 100K ?

    MrsWampthang replied to EveMJRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, but it's expensive to live in California. San Francisco is a beautiful city, but I don't think I would like to live there because of how expensive it is. My fiance keeps telling me about the...

  10. DRS ARGGGGHHH! Can't live with them, can't shoot them!

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in General Nursing

    I spent the last two nights taking care of a women who is alive through the "miracle" of technology. She's not a pretty site, swollen, unresponsive, decorticate posture, you get the picture. Her...

  11. How would you manage this airway?

    MrsWampthang replied to MmacFN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Thanks, that was a good inservice. I'm glad the patient became an organ donor too. I was thinking throughout the whole thread that the first thing I would have thought of when I was a medic would have...

  12. Opinions please?

    MrsWampthang replied to Soon2BNurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would do the LVN option personally. That way you can bridge to RN later rather than having to go back to school and start completely over like you would if you got your MA. I guess though it depends...

  13. Refusing unsafe RN:pt ratio

    MrsWampthang replied to RN2B07's topic in Medical-Surgical

    At the LTAC where I work, 7 patients per nurse has become a standard unfortunately. I had 8 patients the other night, but, thank goodness, they weren't really hard patients. I just got everything done...

  14. Want To Travel With A School-aged Child~ Can It Be Done?

    MrsWampthang replied to famubsn's topic in General Nursing

    Do you home school? I think that would be the only way you could do travel assignments with a school age child. Also, what would you do with your child while you worked in different cities if you...

  15. how much Indiana nurses make

    MrsWampthang replied to nurseluv9's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I guess I lucked out, I make......more than that........I think the going rate for nurses starting out in Indiana, at least in the Indianapolis area is around 21-22 dollars an hour though. I have...

  16. When Docs Cover Up Surgical Errors

    MrsWampthang replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in General Nursing

    *double snort* I think that goes for all docs. I've met very few that think that nurses are anything short of thier personal servants and

  17. Taking a child off life support

    MrsWampthang replied to vaughanmk's topic in General Nursing

    i have been reading this thread off and on, and it's interesting to me that the suggestion is made to send the child to ltac. i work in such a facility and see cases like this a lot. believe me when i...

  18. patient satisfaction

    MrsWampthang replied to RNLex's topic in Emergency

    I'm glad you didn't think of that while you were working there, I'm sure powers that be would have made us do that!!! BTW, Mark and I are finally taking the plunge in July!!!! Also, Ana sure is...

  19. Nurses Week

    MrsWampthang replied to jonear2's topic in General Nursing

    It was Nurse's Week?!?!? Gee, all I got was the opportunity to work OT.

  20. Starting my ER Preceptor

    MrsWampthang replied to SeriphumRN2b's topic in Emergency

    Well, first off, make sure you find out what the department wants/expects from you. Will you be there to observe or will you be assisting staff with patient care. As a student, don't expect to have...

  21. If you could do it all over again.....

    MrsWampthang replied to Visuals's topic in General Nursing

    If I had it to do all over again..........so many things I would have changed. I would have gone to college right out of high school to pursue degree in either journalism or photo journalism and NOT...

  22. Gave meds to wrong patient, please help guys

    MrsWampthang replied to MimismomRN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The other thing I wanted to add was, if your preceptor gave the meds, then it was her error, not yours. Don't give up on nursing! Like I said in my previous post, find someplace else to work where the...

  23. Gave meds to wrong patient, please help guys

    MrsWampthang replied to MimismomRN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Wow! 11-15 patients? That's appalling! And your mistake is exactly why nurses shouldn't have that many patients a piece. It isn't your fault, it is the place where you work that has such unsafe...

  24. What do CNA's do in the ER?

    MrsWampthang replied to Faeriewand's topic in Emergency

    I would venture to say that you aren't a CNA, you're a tech. There is quite a difference. I imagine CNAs role in ER would be more geared to keeping rooms and patients clean and transporting patients...

  25. Nurse killed at work

    MrsWampthang replied to chapmajc's topic in International Nursing

    I'd have to agree with that. They probably should allow staff to smoke in their cars, but to have a time limit as to how long they can be out, sign in and out, and only have one staff member per...